参考原文:http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/text/Module-HOWTO
15.7. Miscellaneous Device Driver 15.7.1. misc: device driver for "miscellaneous" character devices A whole bunch of device types that don't appear in large enough numbers on a system to deserve major numbers of their own share Major Number 10 and are collectively called "miscellaneous" character devices. This module provides the common interface to serve that major number, but there are individual drivers for the specific device types. Those drivers register themselves with this driver. Example: +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |modprobe misc | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ There are no module parameters. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------